Construction of "chiral zinc" with high configurational stability (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Construction of "chiral zinc" with high configurational stability

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Left: Molecular structure of tetrahedral "chiral zinc" complex. The chiral tetrahedral compound has a zinc ion at the center (gray ball), surrounded by a tridentate ligand (connecting atoms are highlighted by red, green and yellow) and a monodentate ligand (blue). Right: Illustration of selective construction of tetrahedral "chiral zinc." Four different arms bound to the zinc atom form one mirror image of the paired enantiomers.

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